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Michael Ignatieff's Booker Prize nominated novel, Scar Tissue, is the story of two middle-aged brothers whose lives are torn apart when their mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The mother's ailment is really a launching-off point for an exploration of memory, science, genetics and identity. Filled with wonderful images and characters, and themes of great resonance, I was eager to adapt the novel for television.
But this wasn't an easy movie to finance, and in the end, with the help of CBC, Shaftesbury Films decided to do it as an extremely low budget television movie, shot in the studio with three cameras. Peter Moss, a versatile director with a strong theatre background (we worked together for many years when he ran Toronto's Young People's Theatre) decided to approach it like a stage play. With an extraordinary cast that included the brilliant Roberta Maxwell, Shawn Doyle and Aidan Devine, it turned out to be a remarkable experience and a very compelling film.
Gemini finalist: Best Screenplay.
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